At the heart of it all is Peabody Place Entertainment and Retail Center. The Center, completed in fall 2001, was designed to be reminiscent of a town square, which was rediscovered, refurbished and topped with the largest skylight in Tennessee to create an enclosed town square. At night, the lighting systems create the atmosphere that the Center really is outdoors, with abundant sidewalk cafes and other seating. The Center boasts over 300,000 square feet of leasable retail space and is directly connected to approximately 3,000 parking spaces. It is also located immediately adjacent to the historic Peabody Hotel.

The Center is anchored by a 22-screen Muvico Theater complex, which is home to a 550-seat, 60-foot tall, large-screen theater. The theater features full stadium seating and the latest sound systems. Another anchor is Jillian’s, a multi-faceted entertainment experience including dining, video cafe, sports bar, electronic game room, billiards, simulators and bowling alley. The third major anchor of the Center is Tower Records. Beyond offering the latest in music and video, it often offers live entertainment, featuring Beale Street and Memphis musicians.

Looking for a restaurant? The Center gives visitors so many mouth-watering options that the hardest thing is deciding which restaurant to chose.

Like Isaac Hayes' own self-named restaurant, with tender ribs, soul food specialties and incredible live music. Texas De Brazil, a Brazilian steakhouse offering authentic churrascaria style dining. There's Dan McGuinness Irish Pub, built from the ground up in Ireland and shipped to Memphis to recreate the décor, music, food, drinks and hospitality of an authentic Dublin pub.

Then, get ready to shop until you drop at some of the coolest stores around. Ann Taylor Loft brings refined fashion at moderate prices. GAP, GAP Kids and Baby GAP keep everyone in step with fashion. Hot Topic and Claire's adds extra cool to their fashions and accessories. DAPY features high-quality, home-oriented gifts. And there's also Victoria’s Secret, Coco and Lilly, Putting Edge, Walsons Jewelers and Sydnie's Gifts .

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At the heart of it all is Peabody Place Entertainment and Retail Center. The Center, completed in fall 2001, was designed to be reminiscent of a town square, which was rediscovered, refurbished and topped with the largest skylight in Tennessee to create an enclosed town square. At night, the lighting systems create the atmosphere that the Center really is outdoors, with abundant sidewalk cafes and other seating. The Center boasts over 300,000 square feet of leasable retail space and is directly connected to approximately 3,000 parking spaces. It is also located immediately adjacent to the historic Peabody Hotel.

The Center is anchored by a 22-screen Muvico Theater complex, which is home to a 550-seat, 60-foot tall, large-screen theater. The theater features full stadium seating and the latest sound systems. Another anchor is Jillian’s, a multi-faceted entertainment experience including dining, video cafe, sports bar, electronic game room, billiards, simulators and bowling alley. The third major anchor of the Center is Tower Records. Beyond offering the latest in music and video, it often offers live entertainment, featuring Beale Street and Memphis musicians.

Looking for a restaurant? The Center gives visitors so many mouth-watering options that the hardest thing is deciding which restaurant to chose.

Like Isaac Hayes' own self-named restaurant, with tender ribs, soul food specialties and incredible live music. Texas De Brazil, a Brazilian steakhouse offering authentic churrascaria style dining. There's Dan McGuinness Irish Pub, built from the ground up in Ireland and shipped to Memphis to recreate the décor, music, food, drinks and hospitality of an authentic Dublin pub.

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The (former) Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS) is the geographic center of the San Francisco Bay Area and occupies the western one-third of the island of Alameda. Within the Station's four square miles are a major airfield, deepwater port, aircraft and ship maintenance facilities, 1,513 units of family housing and barracks-type housing, industrial, retail, warehouse and recreational facilities.

Note the USS hornet at the pier and the fake highway where the runways cross that was used for filming The Matrix.

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Note the USS hornet at the pier and the fake highway where the runways cross that was used for filming The Matrix.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-122.31104900,37.78781900dda (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Anyone know what to make of this? Art maybe? It isn't a satellite problem or artifact added afterwards. Zoom all the way in and you'll see tire marks and tracks crossing the white areas.

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and emblem written on a water tower
at Kelly Field Air Force base

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at Kelly Field Air Force base]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-98.56190200,29.37620900Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Couldn't resist this one, even if I didn't find it myself (see info link). Anyway, there is a more sophisticed piece of crop art nearby:

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/14376/

Perhaps this profane one was made by some less artistically gifted but jealous neighbour.

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Perhaps this profane one was made by some less artistically gifted but jealous neighbour.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-1.34685000,53.53873700TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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One of four blue and green water towers in this village located in the southeastern corner of Wisconsin

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Ten miles of Salina Kansas, in the rolling grasslands of the Smoky Hills, personnel of the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Bomb Group operate the 34,000 acre Smoky Hill Air National Guard (ANG) Range.

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From the Google Earth Forums "In September 2004 GISmatters was asked to design, map, and direct the creation of a huge marriage proposal cut into a field for an episode of the reality television program "Perfect Proposal", in which Brian surprised Tammy with his proposal by having her see it from the window of an airplane. The letters are 100 feet tall and spell out "Marry me Tammy". The show was produced by Banyan Productions and aired on The Learning Channel in December 2004. Oh, and yes, she said "YES"!"

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Many rowing teams practice in the estuary between Alameda and Oakland. This clump of grafitti is from various UC Berekeley (Cal) rowing teams. Class of '95 and '97 are clearly seen.

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The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, (NAWCWPNS) Point Mugu complex is located off the Southern California coast adjacent to Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) Point Mugu, California. NAWCWPNS is designated as a Major Range Test Facility Base (MRTFB) and is primarily chartered for Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) efforts.

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Small municipal airport about 40 miles north of Seattle that is the current home of Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection. Plans are in the works to move the collection to Paine Field in Everett, WA

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Storage tank along the New Jersey Turnpike. Seen in the opening credits of 'The Sopranos'.

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Moore Army Airfield, located at Fort Devens, was built in 1940. During the Second World War it was also used by the Navy, and was referred to as Ayer Naval Auxiliary Air Station. The airfield originally consisted of three paved runways, taxiways and a ramp.

Moore Army Airfield was declared excess when Fort Devens was downgraded to a training area, and was closed in the late 1990s. By the time of its closure, two of the original runways had been abandoned, and the longest runway was still maintained (14/32, approximately 4,700 ft long). Two helicopter runways (2/20 & 15/33, each approximately 500 ft long) were located at the northeast corner of the airfield. The closure of Fort Devens meant some relief for local residents from the noise from Army helicopters. However the runway at Devens, Moore AAF, still exists, and there are unverified reports that Moore may be turned into a local airport. Since its closure, it has been used to store police vehicles, and to run auto races.

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Moore Army Airfield was declared excess when Fort Devens was downgraded to a training area, and was closed in the late 1990s. By the time of its closure, two of the original runways had been abandoned, and the longest runway was still maintained (14/32, approximately 4,700 ft long). Two helicopter runways (2/20 & 15/33, each approximately 500 ft long) were located at the northeast corner of the airfield. The closure of Fort Devens meant some relief for local residents from the noise from Army helicopters. However the runway at Devens, Moore AAF, still exists, and there are unverified reports that Moore may be turned into a local airport. Since its closure, it has been used to store police vehicles, and to run auto races.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-71.60556800,42.57545400kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Also not the giant "Dale" written in the sand beside the runway.

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Also not the giant "Dale" written in the sand beside the runway.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-115.99985400,34.20753400Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Painted on the roof of a building within camp Iron Horse on the outskirts of Baghdad.

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"NSDQ" is the official motto of the super-secret Night Stalkers of the US Army's 160th Special Operations Airborne Regiment

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The parking lot of this newspaper printing plant in Amsterdam, Nl is designed as one giant newspaper. The headlines are actual text. For instance 'Aanvoer goederen' top left means 'deliveries' (accompanied by the subline dock driving backwards'. small print is ineligeble and consists of random lines. From ground level these headlinse are almost unreadable, but this printing plant lies directly underneath one of the main landing paths of Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. Thje plant is owned by PCM and is used for ptinting it's own newspapers De Volkskrant and Trouw and for third parties like Amsterdam-based daily Het Parool.

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ED: Also be nice to get the name of the dam itself

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Bat Street Mall, built on top of what was one of the largest Indian mounds on the west coast.

The Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower has been a Baltimore landmark since its construction in 1911 as the tallest building in the city. The tower was built by Capt. Isaac Emerson, the inventor of the headache remedy Bromo-Seltzer, and designed by Joseph Evans Sperry (also designer of the Brewers Exchange). It once adjoined Emerson's Bromo-Seltzer factory, but the factory is no longer standing.

The most interesting feature is the still-functioning tower clock, the face of which displays the word BROMO-SELTZER instead of numbers. Modeled on the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, the tower was topped by a 51-foot revolving replica of the blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle. The bottle was illuminated with 596 lights and could be seen 20 miles away. Unfortunately, the bottle was removed in 1936 due to structural concerns. To the chagrin of many locals (including several Baltimore Sun editorial writers), it has not yet been replaced.

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The Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower has been a Baltimore landmark since its construction in 1911 as the tallest building in the city. The tower was built by Capt. Isaac Emerson, the inventor of the headache remedy Bromo-Seltzer, and designed by Joseph Evans Sperry (also designer of the Brewers Exchange). It once adjoined Emerson's Bromo-Seltzer factory, but the factory is no longer standing.

The most interesting feature is the still-functioning tower clock, the face of which displays the word BROMO-SELTZER instead of numbers. Modeled on the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, the tower was topped by a 51-foot revolving replica of the blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle. The bottle was illuminated with 596 lights and could be seen 20 miles away. Unfortunately, the bottle was removed in 1936 due to structural concerns. To the chagrin of many locals (including several Baltimore Sun editorial writers), it has not yet been replaced.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-76.62026700,39.28750300pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Notice the large Iraqi flag

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Hard to make out what all this used to say other than CAPITAL CITY...

Also see airport diagram.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-76.85187700,40.21675500dda (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The Bugatti Circuit is a race track located in Le Mans, France, named after Ettore Bugatti. The circuit uses a part of the circuit used for the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans race and a separate, purpose-built section. The sections of track on the Bugatti Circuit that are on the Circuit de la Sarthe, the circuit used for the 24 Hours, include the Ford Chicane at the end of the lap, the pit complex, and the straight where the Dunlop Tires bridge is at. At this point, you will come to a T in the road and if you go left, you continue onto the Circuit de la Sarthe, toward Terte-Rouge and Mulsanne, but if you turn right, you will continue the Bugatti Circuit.
The track is home base for famous former-French driver and current team owner Henri Pescarolo. The circuit also hosts the 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycle race, and a round of the MotoGP Championship. As well as hosting a round of the DTM (German Touring Car series), the circuit also holds French club races.
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The track is home base for famous former-French driver and current team owner Henri Pescarolo. The circuit also hosts the 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycle race, and a round of the MotoGP Championship. As well as hosting a round of the DTM (German Touring Car series), the circuit also holds French club races.
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Tupelo Fixed Base Operator (FBO) frequency.
In the aviation industry, a fixed base operator (also known as fixed base of operation), or FBO, is a service center at an airport that may be a private enterprise or may be a department of the municipality that the airport serves. The term is originally North American, but it is becoming more common in Europe and the UK.

At a minimum, most FBOs offer aircraft fuel, oil, and parking, along with access to washrooms and telephones. Some FBOs offer additional aircraft services such as hangar (indoor) storage, maintenance, aircraft charter or rental, flight training, deicing, and ground services such as towing and baggage handling.

FBOs may also offer services not directly related to the aircraft, such as rental cars, lounges, and hotel reservations.

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In the aviation industry, a fixed base operator (also known as fixed base of operation), or FBO, is a service center at an airport that may be a private enterprise or may be a department of the municipality that the airport serves. The term is originally North American, but it is becoming more common in Europe and the UK.

At a minimum, most FBOs offer aircraft fuel, oil, and parking, along with access to washrooms and telephones. Some FBOs offer additional aircraft services such as hangar (indoor) storage, maintenance, aircraft charter or rental, flight training, deicing, and ground services such as towing and baggage handling.

FBOs may also offer services not directly related to the aircraft, such as rental cars, lounges, and hotel reservations.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-88.76667600,34.26087000mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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"Someone really doesn't like Toyota, and wants either God, Google or airplane passengers to know. Possibly all three. Otherwise, why would someone paint "TOYOTA SUCKS" on the roof of their home?"

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Buildings just north of the static displays of aircraft.

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The Golden Tulip Bel Air Hotel is very close to the Beach of Scheveningen (only 2 kilometers)